The Mountain First Aid course over 2 days was very well anchored in outdoor mountaineering and rock climbing contexts.
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Our Instructor Matt Hutson (Mountainsandmoors Ltd) used his wide experience in expeditions, mountaineering and outdoor leadership to provide actual examples of things that happened and how to deal with them.
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So we don't look like dummies in an emergency.
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With emergency response times of several hours in some UK mountain areas, and still possibly 45 minutes at a local crag, some up-to-date idea of what to do could be hugely significant.
At least if someone got hurt we could lend a hand.
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And the 11 of us came away with our 3-year REC Level 2 Certificates.
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ANDREW